A BLACK bodybag is caressed gently by a large white rabbit entering the underground space.
Unzipping slowly, The Rabbit reveals an Alice-like figure, clutching a guitar. Emerging from her creepy cocoon the blonde dressed in baby blue takes the stage, alongside her band: A Band Called Quinn. So far, so avant-garde.
Biding Time (Remix) is a hybrid of genres and a melting pot for international collaborators. It is a bold female response to Pippa Bailey's play Biding Time about the experiences singer songwriter Louise Quinn endured being a woman in the manipulative and mercenary entertainment industry.
Directed by Grid Iron's Ben Harrison, it is also an individual experience for the audience as everyone is provided with Silent Disco-style headphones and there is a mixture of live and recorded sounds. Film projection by Uisdean Murray provides some of the lighter moments, although other parts are downright sinister, both reminiscent of The Mighty Boosh psyche (specifically the surreal creations of Noel Fielding).
Biding Time (Remix) would not work without the stunning vocals of Louise Quinn and her impressive capability as an actress. From ingenue to vamp and out the other end of the Xerox machine cum rabbit hole, the physical manifestations of her self are explored by her reactions to the demands of characters such as Mr Big (Diane Torr) and The Green Man (Martin McCormick). Songs include You Know The Right People, Drive With Your Eyes Closed, Judas and Snowing In Paris.
The words "performance art" may put a lot of people off, but this is thought-provoking, memorable and one-off stuff.
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